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Flowers and a portrait of Stéphanie Di Vincenzo, in Hayange, in eastern France, on May 25, 2021. The 22-year-old girl was reportedly killed by her companion in the street, on the night of May 23 to 24 2021. © AFP - JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN

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This is the great title of the

Dauphiné

. We are indeed at 43 since the beginning of the year: 43 women murdered by their spouse or ex-spouse. Latest drama to date, points out the Grenoble daily: “

 the death of Stéphanie Di Vincenzo, stabbed in the middle of the street in Hayange (in Moselle) in the night from Sunday to Monday. A crime of which her spouse is suspected, against which she had lodged a complaint. If the public prosecutor denies any "dysfunction", this new drama raises the question of judicial follow-ups.

 "

“ 

Hayange: the feminicide of too many

 ”, exclaims

Le Républicain Lorrain

.

Questioned by the newspaper, Yuna Miralles, coordinator of the collective #NousToutes, protested: " 

like the 42 others who preceded it, this feminicide could have been avoided, especially in view of the information of recent hours: the young woman had filed a complaint and a handrail.

Like the others, this crime is part of a continuum of violence, she denounces.

There were warning signs.

The police were aware of the situation.

The reality is that France is unable to protect the life of a woman victim of violence

.

"

Prevention: a milestone must be crossed

One of the solutions would be the generalization of anti-reconciliation bracelets: this is what

Le Maine Libre

notes

. A " 

device that aims to ensure that a perpetrator of domestic violence respects the prohibition to come into contact with his victim." (…) The Le Mans court received three last December, the newspaper said. This number is identical in all French jurisdictions.

 But is it enough?

According to

Les Actualités d'Alsace, “

the public authorities are not inactive, but a milestone must be crossed. State services and the many associations that fight against violence against women, which are closest to the victims and who can react in extreme urgency, are sorely lacking in resources. It is imperative to help them,

believes the Alsatian daily

, and at the same time increase the number of protection orders. In this area more than in any other, incantations are not enough. This fight is a fight for everyone and at all times. It is that of the government, of individuals, of schools, of the police, of justice. This fight is that of society, it is above all that of each of us.

 "

Belarus: “ 

Impunity is no longer an option!

 "

Also on the front page, haro on Lukashenko!

The press strongly denounces the actions of the one it describes as a dictator.

 After the interception of an airliner by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, the European Union and the democratic world must react with firmness and unity to preserve a minimum of order on the planet.

Impunity is no longer an option,

exclaims

Le Monde.

"

Because beyond the fate inflicted on Roman Protassevich and the hundreds of political detainees locked in Lukashenko's jails, the Belarusian operation, supported by Moscow, further weakens an international legal system constantly attacked by authoritarian regimes around the world . From the Russian missile that shot down flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 to the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul or the kidnapping of two Canadian nationals by Beijing, violations of international law are on the increase and repression without borders is intensifying.

 "

Indeed, sighs

La Croix, “

this affair illustrates how much the rules governing international relations are more and more often undermined by gestures of rupture which, in this case, are akin to a form of terrorism. 'State.

 "

The efficient EU

“ 

For once, the European Union reacted quickly and united,

welcomes

Sud-Ouest.

It was necessary, because it is indeed a domestic flight between two member countries of the Union (Greece and Lithuania) which was intercepted by the Belarusian hunters.

And immediate coordination with the United States to try to isolate the regime a little more with new targeted sanctions bodes well if Europe is to finally gain respect.

And make it understood that its geopolitical interests include resolute support for those who still have the courage to stand up to the repressive appetite, now boundless, of totalitarian states.

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